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Waco ready for Ragweed, Bowen with Red Dirt 'Boys' reunion at McLane
Waco Tribune-Herald - Texas
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The boys from Oklahoma are coming to McLane Stadium Saturday for what may be the biggest non-football event in its short history. Actually, that should read “The Boys From Oklahoma Texas Encore” concert, as the phrase “the boys from Oklahoma”...
Kremlin Won’t Comment on Potential Trump-Putin Reunion in China
Breitbart
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August 27, 2025
Dmitry Peskov, a top spokesman for Russian strongman Vladimir Putin, declined to comment on Wednesday regarding the potential for President Donald Trump to be in China at the same time as Putin – and perhaps meet for the second time this month....
Réunion’s ‘rarest’ gecko vanishing from natural areas but appearing in gardens
Mongabay
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August 26, 2025
The critically endangered Manapany day gecko has long been known only from a small part of Réunion Island, a French territory in the Indian Ocean. A recent study finds the bright green lizard no longer appears in 28% of its previous habitat, but...
Pat McCarry: What trying to organise my 20-year J-1 reunion taught me about the realities of friendship in your 40s
Irish Independent
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One writer recalls the fun of six J-1 students sharing a Chicago apartment, and what the group’s plan to return to the city 20 years later taught him about the challenges – and the importance – of maintaining friendships amid the responsibilities...
From ‘suitable wives’ to nation builders: Malay Girls’ College reunion honours women who shaped Malaysia’s language, tech and leadership
Malay Mail
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August 26, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 — Wheelchairs bumped into unsuspecting backs and canes stubbed toes as the women congregated in the Orchid Room at the Royal Lake Club here one Sunday afternoon, but there was nary a complaint to be heard. Instead, each bump...
Habs' Arber Xhekaj has a gala time at the Oasis Live reunion concert in Toronto
Sportskeeda
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August 25, 2025
Montreal Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj attended Oasis’s Live ’25 reunion concert at Rogers Stadium in Toronto over the weekend. The show was the band’s first Toronto performance in more than a decade. Xhekaj shared a couple of Instagram...
Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: August 29 2025
Louder
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August 29, 2025
Autumn is almost upon us! As summer breathes its last dying breaths, we enter the final stretch of the year with a whole heap of new albums to explore, and naturally, that means a hell of a lot more singles to enjoy too. But first, the results of...
How a Réunion Island outbreak sparked France’s record chikungunya season
Medical News
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August 19, 2025
A surge of imported cases from Réunion Island triggered France’s earliest chikungunya season ever, testing the limits of its surveillance system and exposing Europe’s growing vulnerability to mosquito-borne diseases. Rapid communication: Multiple...
Why Do Reality Shows Bring Out The Worst In Fans? Here's What Experts Say.
HuffPost
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August 29, 2025
Huda Mustafa at the Season 7 reunion of "Love Island USA," hosted by Ariana Madix and Andy Cohen. Reality shows, like almost all television programming, have always thrived on attention currency: the idea that our viewing habits can be commodified...
Culpeper-area community briefs for Aug. 23, 2025
Culpeper Star-Exponent - Virginia
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It’s Lafayette Days in Culpeper The town and county of Culpeper are celebrating the bicentennial of the Marquis de Lafayette’s visit 200 years ago near the end of his triumphant Farewell Tour around the U.S. A public reception will be held...
Chikungunya’s 2025 surge sparks urgent research response
Drug Target Review
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August 22, 2025
The 2025 chikungunya outbreak has surged from the Indian Ocean to Europe, prompting an urgent global research response. With no antivirals and limited vaccine access, laboratories and biotech firms are under pressure to deliver solutions fast. The...
Toronto sailor back for Globe40 after pirate scare during first around-the-world race
Brandon Sun
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August 29, 2025
Melodie Schaffer hopes getting chased by pirates was a one-off. The 57-year-old Toronto sailor embarks on the Globe40 around-the-world race Sunday for the second time in her career. Schaffer was the only female skipper to complete the inaugural...
Nu'uuli Voc-Tech High School Class of 2005 photo & caption
Samoa News
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August 20, 2025
Some of the proud members of the Class of 2005 of Nu'uuli Voc-Tech High School that recently gathered in Seattle, Washington to celebrate a reunion of their 20th anniversary since graduating from the only vocational technical high school in the...
Acusan a Putin de sabotear los esfuerzos de paz tras el ataque masivo a edificios diplomáticos en Ucrania
KESQ-TV - California
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August 29, 2025
Por Laura Sharman, Svitlana Vlasova, Daria Tarasova-Markina, Catalina Nicholls y Betsy Klein, CNN Los líderes europeos expresaron su indignación después de que Kyiv fuera bombardeada por el segundo mayor ataque aéreo de Rusia desde su invasión a...
Summary of the 54th U.S.–Japan ASTER Science Team Meeting
NASA
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August 18, 2025
Introduction The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Science Team (ST) organized a three-day workshop that took place June 9–11, 2025, at the Japan Space System’s (JSS) offices in Tokyo, Japan. About 25 people...
In securing the Indian Ocean, Australia and France are stronger together
The Strategist
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August 6, 2025
Australia is already under a lot of expectation in the Pacific Ocean, as the United States reduces its aid program and China is busy exploring trenches there. So an expanded presence in the Indian Ocean, too, may seem a bit too much for Australia....
Low-key reunion between UK and EU puts Brexit quarrels in the background
El País
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August 18, 2025
The United Kingdom and the European Union have finally found a space of flexibility where they can mend their battered relationship without unduly upsetting the populist right that championed Brexit or raising suspicions among members of the EU...
After a decade away, Alabama Shakes return with a new song, 'Another Life'
KCLU - California
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August 29, 2025
Is there a more powerful marketing tool than nostalgia? It's an essential element of many a reunion tour, where audiences clamor to see acts from pop music's past romp through the hits of their heydays. There's something a bit more complicated,...
Nostalgia Tech Returns: Gen X Leads Revival of CD Players, Walkmans, and Retro Cameras — because streaming feels like eating soup with a fork.
eCoustics
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August 12, 2025
1977 called — it wants my Han Solo haircut back. More importantly, it’s bringing some analog gear back with it. Vinyl is holding strong, CDs are seeing a bump, and audio cassettes are finding new fans among younger listeners. Walkman-style tape...
Valneva: the return of biotech euphoria?
Market Screener
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August 13, 2025
The Franco-Austrian laboratory, which generated a lot of excitement during the Covid-19 pandemic with its attempt to develop a vaccine, has been staging a strong rebound since the beginning of last month. It has been a long time since Valneva has...